Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman said today that changes to the ownership of the North West Shelf Venture would be a natural progression as it became an infrastructure asset servicing offshore gas fields.
Perth is the world's seventh most liveable city for the second year running, according to The Economist's Intelligence Unit, while Melbourne continues a winning streak as the world's number one, a position it has held since 2011.
Ray Glickman can often be spotted in a quiet corner seat in one of Perth's busy cafes, putting his thoughts down on paper for his latest work-in-progress.
Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner has wrapped up a controversy-laden year with a pay cut as the company suffered a $744 million loss, courtesy of persistent weak ad revenues and a massive writedown on its broadcast licences.
Iluka Resources has widened its first-half loss to $81.5 million, from a $20.9 million loss in the prior corresponding period, dragged down by a $165 million hit in impairment and redundancy costs.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ordered the winding-up of Michael Fotios' Eastern Goldfields and the appointment of liquidators, after an application by a local assay laboratory.
The Australian market has opened comfortably higher following mainly positive early earnings reports, and after Wall Street closed with its key indexes little changed.
Iluka revealed its own bribery scandalA secret inquiry by listed Australian miner Iluka Resources has embroiled a leading Sierra Leone presidential candidate, a cabinet
Oil prices have fallen, extending the prior session's heavy sell-off as the US dollar has risen more and as signs of weaker petroleum demand in China weighs the market down for a second day.
Gold has fallen nearly per cent, down for a second day after better-than-expected US economic data and easing tensions over North Korea encouraged investors to buy riskier assets, boosting stocks, the US dollar and bond yields.
Some of the North West Shelf Venture partners might either sell their stake in the operation or take an equity interest in potential projects such as Browse as one potential solution to find backfill liquids for Karratha gas plant in the next decade, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie.
Harvey Millar and Christobel Saunders have been jointly named scientist of the year at the Premier's Science Awards for 2017, winning the approval of a judging panel led by Western Australia's chief scientist, Peter Klinken.
A new $62 million research centre at UWA plans to advance solutions for the management, sustainability and conservation of marine resources via tie-ups between scientists and industry.
The state's first early stage venture capital limited partnership is one of three funds announced by Western Australian money managers this year, and one of two in a joint project by Cottesloe-based View Street Partners and Nedlands-based Mac Equity.
A Singaporean group that holds about a 5 per cent stake in Troy Resources has called for a meeting to seek the replacement of the gold miner's board members with its own nominees.
A long-running dispute between Karara Mining and DM Civil over a contract originally worth $26 million has highlighted the extraordinary gulf that often arises between project developers and contractors when their relationship sours.
Chevron's Gorgon project has shaken off last year's teething issues to ship at an above-capacity run rate in July, exporting 1.4 million tonnes of LNG in the month, according to the latest data from consultancy Energy Quest.
Aspiring lithium miner Tawana Resources has confirmed the award of a $30 million engineering procurement and construction contract to Primero Group for its Bald Hill project in the Goldfields.
The new Chinese owners of manganese miner Consolidated Minerals will employ 300 personnel for the restart of operations at the mothballed Woodie Woodie mine in the Pilbara.
One of the state's most experienced financial services leaders, John Van Der Wielen says the opportunity to put something back into the community was one factor motivating his move to HBF.
Oil and gas producer Santos will book an impairment charge of $US690 million ($A877 million) in its half-year results due next week after lowering its oil price forecasts.
Kids' hospital flawed from start: doctorsDoctors have told a State Government inquiry into the problem plagued Perth Children's Hospital that the project was flawed fro
